Range burner



Dec. 5, 1933. J. @555 gr AL 1,938,251

RANGE BURNER Filed Aug. 26, 1952 ALJ . jmwvbobs' Jsepiz Gibbs Arthur Altman Patented Dec. 5,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

In the present range burner we employ fuel grooves of conventional design in conjunction with a novel arrangement of vaporizer in which vaporization takes place below the burner, the

vaporizer being placed in communication with the grooves, through a distributor located centrally in the body which serves as a superheater for the vapor.

Another object of the invention is to make the burner body, super-heater and vaporizer into a single unit to eliminate the use of auxiliaries employed for priming the burner, or for augmenting the heating action of the fuel in the fuel grooves, the vaporizer being in direct communication with the source of fuel supply and being equipped with a suitable clean-out opening which is accessible through the outer wall of the burner body.

A further object of the invention is to provide a burner base which embodies fuel grooves of conventional design as well as a distributor and super-heater combined with a vaporizer which is exceedingly simple in construction and may be operated with or without the use of wicks and is adapted for positioning either singly or in multiple, in a range or stove in a manner well-known in the art.

Additional objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the present preferred form of the invention, wherein Fig. 1 is a fragmentary, vertical sectional view of a burner constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing to advantage the fuel grooves, vapor distributor and vaporizer,

Fig. 2 is a similar View, taken through the ducts leading from the vapor distributor to the fuel grooves; and,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a burner base 40 constructed in accordance with the present in vention.

It is of course, to be understood that the burner base of the present invention is adapted for use with chimneys of conventional design which carry closures on the upper ends thereof between the fuel chambers. Since only the base of the burner forms the present invention, it alone has been shown in conjunction with portions of the chimneys to illustrate the application of the invention.

The burner base or body is generally designated in the drawing at 4, and we have preferred in this form of the invention to make the burner of circular configuration and to embody therein concentric fuel grooves 5, which may or may not be equipped with wicks. Positioned centrally in the burner body is a distributor and superheater 6, which in the present instance, is shown to be of circular configuration and is provided in the bottom thereof with outlets 7, which are placed in communication with the grooves 5 by ducts or channels 8. The burner body further includes a'fuel vaporizer 9 which is formed on the bottom wall of the body or base and extends transversely across the grooves 5. The inner end of the vaporizer opens into the bottom of the fuel distributorfi, as indicated at 10. Preferably the inner terminal of the vaporizer is flared outwardly and has the inner face of the bottom Wall thereof formed in the are of a circle in order that the oil and vapor can pass uninterruptedly from the vaporizer into the distributor. Oil or other fuel is fed into the vaporizer through an opening 11 formed in the bottom wall of the vaporizer preferably in proximity to the outer periphery of the burner body. The vaporizer is also provided with an opening in the outer terminal thereof at the periphery of the burner body in which a closure plug 12 is detachably mounted. Since the formation of carbon primarily takes place at the point of inlet of the fuel supply into the vaporizer, it is manifest that with the present construction removal of this accumulation is accomplished in a facile and expeditious manner, because of the proximity of the inlet opening to the clean-out orifice of the vaporizer.

Chimneys 13 are mounted on the walls of the grooves 5 in a manner well known in the art and extend upwardly therefrom in concentric relation to the distributor 6. Preferably the distributor 6 extends upwardly for an appreciable distance above the walls of the grooves 5, the upper terminal thereof being engaged by a gas-tight closure 14.

In use of this device the oil is first introduced into the vaporizer through the opening 11 and permitted to flow uninterruptedly into the distributor 6 from whence it passes into the grooves 5 through the ducts or channels 8. W hen a predetermined amount of oil is fed into the grooves, the supply is cut off and the oil ignited to heat the burner body. After heating has been effected, the oil is again fed into the vaporizer 9 and vaporization is immediately effected. Since the vaporizer is located directly beneath the grooves 5 and forms an integral part thereof, it is manifest that heating of the vaporizer is expedited. The vapor passes from the vaporizer into the vapor distributor and vapor super-heater 6 What is claimed is:

An oil burner including a burner body with fuel grooves, a fuel vaporizer formed on the bottom of said body and extending transversely of the latter, a vapor superheater forming a part of said body and communicating with both the said vaporizer and the grooves, said vaporizer and fuel grooves being in communication only through the said superheater.

JOSEPH GIBBS. ARTHUR ALTMAN. 

